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Erich “Mancow” Muller is outraged by the Gawker report that he faked his own waterboarding, the Chicago Tribune reports. The right-wing shock jock defended himself last night on MSNBC's Countdown: “It’s like saying that Mike Tyson’s daughter didn’t really hang herself,” he said. He theorized that “dark forces” were seeking to discredit his conclusion that waterboarding is torture.

Muller said his publicist used the word “hoax” in an email because the Citadel, building security, and the Chicago police had forbidden the stunt. Keith Olbermann confirmed seeing the e-mails, but said his MSNBC staff dismissed hoax allegations. The Marine who waterboarded Mancow admitted yesterday he was new to the technique: “I went to waterboarding.org and looked it up," he said. "I didn't know what I was doing."

the link is a Russian newspaper claiming the end of America is near...I can't believe the Russians would say such a thing....... LMAO

professortech

May 31, 2009 7:29 AM CDT

I hope Hannity knows this still doesn't get him off the heat - Hannity Volunteered to be waterboarded and still hasn't carried it through. Typical

Forderon

May 31, 2009 1:22 AM CDT

It's frightening how low-tech and accessible of an option waterboarding is for the military. And as we saw in the video, extremely effective at simulating drowning. Even if the memos show that it "worked", how does that justify Cheney's support of it? It's such a flawed argument. That is simply a sick, sick man.